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Bayou Bend is the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882-1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the world. The house is situated on 14 acres of organically maintained gardens in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood.

About Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Bayou Bend is the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882-1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the world. The house is situated on 14 acres of organically maintained gardens in Houston's historic River Oaks neighborhood.

The house belonged to Ms. Ima Hogg, an important woman of the Texas society. The house has a lot of interesting furniture from late 1800s and early 1900s. Furniture is in very good condition. Rooms show different furniture styles. The music room is in particular...More

Ima Hogg gave her huge, fabulous mansion filled with over 2,500 rare and historic Colonial American artifacts to Texas in 1957. The mansion is surrounded by beautiful trees and southern garden plantings. All is carefully and lovingly maintained by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston....More

We reserved a 90 minute guided tour of the house. We were met by a lovely docent, she was very knowledgeable about the history of the house and the Hoggs family. Each room was decorated in the time period, with beautiful furniture. We were very...More

The house at Bayou Bend in Houston includes an unbelievably vast collection of art, furniture, china and other miscellaneous artifacts, all beautiful. The tour of the many rooms in the house is interesting, informative and was very well done. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly,...More

We toured both the house and the gardens and both were lovely. I wish we had come in the spring because there were tons of azaleas that had already bloomed, but it was still nice, if a little hot. Inside the house we had a...More

Bayou Bend, the home and gardens of philanthropist Ima Hogg, is a lovely mini-outing in Houston. The gardens are very lush, tranquil, and walkable. The house is filled with early American antiques. The gift shop is also nicely done. It is relaxing, half-day trip and...More

A nice quick guided tour is available. The house furnishings are very nice -- mostly antique American made items. The gardens were quite beautiful. This is not on the scale of the massive Guilded Age homes of e.g., Newport Beach, Rhode Island, but I enjoyed...More

Like most museums, you can use their facilities for a fee. If you go to the web site, there is contact information where you can get pricing for such photography sessions. This is not a public park where you can show up and... More

Like most museums, you can use their facilities for a fee. If you go to the web site, there is contact information where you can get pricing for such photography sessions. This is not a public park where you can show up and start snapping photos.

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Most areas at Bayou Bend are accessible for wheelchairs and people with limited mobility, but we encourage calling ahead (713.639.7750) to inform the staff about any issues so arrangements can be planned... More

Hello a_dragonfly,
Most areas at Bayou Bend are accessible for wheelchairs and people with limited mobility, but we encourage calling ahead (713.639.7750) to inform the staff about any issues so arrangements can be planned to make your visit as enjoyable as possible!